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HB 831 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to abortion.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Mar 3, 2026

Latest action (Mar 10, 2026) to Judiciary (H)

Summary

Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, and 311.781 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.725, 311.727, 311.732, 311.7706, 311.772, 311.780, 311.782, and 311.783 to allow an abortion when the unborn child has a lethal fetal anomaly and delineate additional medical circumstances for the performance of an abortion; allow an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the gestational age of the fetus is 22 weeks or less; amend KRS 311.800 to provide for an abortion in a publicly owned hospital under certain circumstances; amend KRS 213.101 to add rape or incest to the reporting requirement and remove identified reports; amend KRS 311.990 to conform; repeal KRS 311.735, relating to notice to a spouse; provide that the Act may be cited as the Compassionate Care Act.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (3)

  1. Mar 3, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Mar 3, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Mar 10, 2026 to Judiciary (H) · lower
Subjects
Civil ActionsCorrections ImpactCrimes And PunishmentsReproductive IssuesShort Titles And Popular NamesWomen

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